Embalming device



C. S. HARRILL.

EIVIBALMING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED sEPT. 4, 1919.

Patented June 8, 19m.

@Honing CHARLIE S. IIARRELL, OF LEXINGTON, MISSISSIPPI.

EMBALMING DEVICE.

Application :filed September 4, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLIE S. IIARRELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lexington, in the county of Holmes and citate of Mississi ppi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Embalming Devices, of which the following is a specication.

rllhis invention relates to embalming apparatus and it has for its object the provision of improved mechanism by means of which embalming fluid may be injected into either the veins or the arteries and the blood may be withdrawn from the veins and these operations may be carried out either simultaneously or alternately.

A further object of the invention is the provision of means for facilitating the cleansing of the apparatus and for keeping the same free of blood clots and other obstructions during the use thereof.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the detailed description which now follows.

rllhe figure shown in the accompanying drawing is a view partly in side elevation and partly in section of an embalming apparatus constructed in accordance with the invention.

The principal element of the improved apifmratus consists of a vein tube 5 having its ends iii-turned as at G to facilitate its entry into a vein, said tube being provided with openings 7 foi the entry of blood thereinto. The tube is preferably externally serrated at 8 to facilitate the holding of the tissue of the vein when the latter is drawn over the tube and tied about the seri-ations 8. A plunger 9 carried by a stem 10 is operable by means of a handle 11 which proliects through a cap 12 that is threaded upon he rear end of the tube 5. Oifsets 13 and 14 are provided with individual controlling valves 15 and 16. 'Ihe offset 111 is connected by a blood tube 17 with a blood vessel or receptacle 18, this receptacle in turn being in connection with source of suction 19.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 1920 serial No. 321,595.

The other offset 13 is in communication with a bottle or like receptacle 20 which receives embalming fiuid. This receptacle is in turn in communication with a source of pressure indicated at 21. A branch 22 from the embalming fluid receptacle is connected at 23 to an artery tube 24.

By properly manipulating the controlling valves 15 and 16 blood may be withdrawn from the vein tube simultaneously with the introduction of embalming fluid through the offset 13 or simultaneously with the introduction of embalming fluid through the artery tube 24, or the embalming fluid may be introduced into both the artery and the vein simultaneously by opening valve 15 and closing valve 16.

'Ihe plunger 9 facilitates the cleansing of the vein tube and dislodges any blood clots or other obstructions that may collect therein.

While the elements shown and described are well adapted to serve the purposes for which they are intended it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the Yprecise construction set forth but that it includes within its purview whatever changes fairly come within either the terms or the spirit of the appended claim.

Having described my invention what I claim is:

A device of the character described coniprising an elongated tubular member having a pair of oHsets leading from the sides thereof adjacent the rear end, each of said offsets having an individual controlling valve therein, a source of suction connected to one of said offsets, a source of embalming fluid under pressure connected to the other of said offsets and a plunger disposed in the tube and having a stem projecting from the rear end of said tube, said plunger being operable across the mouths of both of the offsets.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CHARLIE S.l I-IARRELL, 

